In the contiguous United States, the average winter temperature was 33.2°F (0.6°C), which was 0.2°F (0.1°C) above the 20th century average – yet still ranks as the coolest since 2001. It was the 54th coolest winter since national records began in 1895.

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/2...13_coolest.html

This will be buried on the corner of page 35 in most newspapers, as the media continues to be complicit with the global warming hysterics. If this had been the warmest winter on record (or among the warmest) it would be plastered all over the front page.

no doubt, i would be embarresed to call myself an anchor, reporter, journalist etc. with regards of they way they "report" news.

They do the same thing with economic news. It's almost as if they want a recession to happen. When the stock market tanks, that's all they talk about in the first ten minutes of the broadcast. If the market is up, they barely mention it. Fair and balanced? Spare me.

If nothing else, this shows the danger of extrapolating from a data trend.

Beware of science articles of any kind that use phrases like "at this rate" because the author is making an assumption that the current data trend will continue.

Exactly...past results are not necessarily an indicator of future performance.